Global Patent Index - EP 1801709 A1

EP 1801709 A1 20070627 - Speech generating system

Title (en)

Speech generating system

Title (de)

Sprachgenerierungssystem

Title (fr)

Système de production vocale

Publication

EP 1801709 A1 20070627 (EN)

Application

EP 05028402 A 20051223

Priority

EP 05028402 A 20051223

Abstract (en)

The present invention relates to a language generating system generating and outputting natural language data for informing a user of a predetermined event, the output data being possible in different natural languages, the system comprising:- a data base (22) comprising, for each language, a grammar comprising transformation rules for obtaining a sequence of words comprising an information content corresponding to said predetermined event,- a universal speech driver (21) which, for each of the different languages, builds the sequence of words having said information content corresponding to said predetermined event on the basis of the grammar,- an information unit informing the user of the determined sequence of words.

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G06F 17/28 (2006.01); G08G 1/0962 (2006.01); G08G 1/0968 (2006.01); G10L 13/02 (2006.01); G10L 13/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01C 21/3629 (2013.01 - EP US); G10L 13/00 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

  • [YX] US 6243675 B1 20010605 - ITO TAKENORI [JP]
  • [Y] US 2005182629 A1 20050818 - COORMAN GEERT [BE], et al
  • [XY] JOHN A. BATEMAN: "Enabling technology for mutlilingual natual language generation: the KPML development environment", NATURAL LANGUAGE ENGINEERING, vol. 3, no. 1, 1997, Cambridge University Press, pages 15 - 55, XP009064237
  • [Y] ANONYMOUS: "Grammar-based realization", INTERNET ARTICLE, 21 November 2004 (2004-11-21), pages 1 - 2, XP002374717, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://web.archive.org/web/20041121113242/http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/anglistik/langpro/webspace/jb/info-pages/nlg/ATG01/node20.html> [retrieved on 20060330]

Citation (examination)

  • DE 19730935 A1 19990204 - SIEMENS AG [DE]
  • ALEX MONAGHAN ET AL: "Multilingual TTS for Computer Telephony: The Aculab Approach", vol. 1, pages 513, XP007005052
  • MARTIN KAY: "Functional Unification Grammar: A Formalism for Machine Translation", PROC. OF THE 10TH INT. CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS (COLING), 2 July 1984 (1984-07-02), Stroudburg, PA, USA, pages 75 - 78, Retrieved from the Internet <URL:http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=980509> [retrieved on 20110127]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK YU

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1801709 A1 20070627; US 2008221865 A1 20080911

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05028402 A 20051223; US 61627906 A 20061226